diff --git a/docs/topics/serialization.txt b/docs/topics/serialization.txt
index a9366d6967..b9e93f47cc 100644
--- a/docs/topics/serialization.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/serialization.txt
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ The Django object itself can be inspected as ``deserialized_object.object``.
 Serialization formats
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-Django "ships" with a few included serializers:
+Django supports a number of serialization formats, some of which require you
+to install third-party Python modules:
 
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